Virginia Grey
Virginia Grey | |
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Woodland Hills, California , U.S. | |
Occupation(s) | Actress, singer |
Years active | 1927–1977 |
Virginia Grey (March 22, 1917 – July 31, 2004)[1] was an American actress who appeared in more than 100 films and a number of radio and television shows from the 1930s to the early 1980s.[2]
Biography
Grey was born on March 22, 1917,[
Grey abandoned her training as a nurse and returned to films in the 1930s, with bit parts and work as an
She left MGM in 1942 and worked steadily for several film studios over subsequent years. During the 1950s and 1960s, producer Ross Hunter frequently included Grey in his popular soap melodramas such as All That Heaven Allows, Back Street and Madame X.[1]
Grey had an intermittent love affair with Clark Gable in the 1940s. After Gable's wife Carole Lombard died and he returned from military service, Gable and Grey were often seen at restaurants and nightclubs together. Many, including Grey herself, expected Gable to marry her, and tabloids often speculated on a wedding announcement. It was a great surprise when Gable hastily married Lady Sylvia Ashley in 1949, leaving Grey heartbroken. Gable divorced Ashley in 1952, and he never rekindled his romance with Grey, who never married.[3]
In 1951, Grey portrayed Blanche Bickerson on the syndicated comedy TV series The Bickersons.
Grey died on July 31, 2004 at age 87 in
She was portrayed by Anna Torv in the HBO miniseries The Pacific.[1]
Filmography
References
- ^ a b c d e f Gussow, Mel (August 6, 2004). "Virginia Grey, a Veteran Of 100 Films, Dies at 87". The New York Times. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
- ^ a b Bernstein, Adam (August 5, 2004). "Hardworking Actress Virginia Grey Dies at 87". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
- ^ "Virginia Grey - Obituary". The Daily Telegraph. August 7, 2004. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7864-5098-5.
Further reading
- Alistair, Rupert (2018). "Virginia Grey". The Name Below the Title : 65 Classic Movie Character Actors from Hollywood's Golden Age (softcover) (First ed.). Great Britain: Independently published. pp. 111–114. ISBN 978-1-7200-3837-5.
External links
- Virginia Grey at IMDb
- Virginia Grey at the Internet Broadway Database
- Virginia Grey at Rotten Tomatoes
- Virginia Grey at the TCM Movie Database